Hello readers! It has been a hectic but exciting week since I last blogged, so here is my attempt at the beginning of a somewhat concise yet detailed overview of my past 9 days! Morgan …
Germany
Pre-departure Thoughts 3
Things I want to take back with me from Freiburg: Sexual Health SEX! Oh mah gawd! Great! So now that I have your attention let’s get down to some serious talk about sexual health. If …
Language Learning: More than Economic Opportunity
An unpublished article for The Daily Cardinal I wrote this article as a features contributor for the student newspaper The Daily Cardinal at the end of the 2011 spring semester. For various reasons it never …
Mid-flight insomnia
I’m finally here (as in Europe)! Well, almost…as I type I am on my overseas flight to London! In less than 3 hours my body will be totally out of whack and I will have …
Things I want to take back with me from Freiburg: Sustainability
So, if you’ve been in the Midwest at all this summer you know it’s been HOT HOT HOT for the last few weeks. Indeed it has only started to cool off and drop into the …
And so it begins…
In 57 days, 14 hours, and 38 minutes from the time I write this my Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt am Main will be touching down in Germany. My last days in the United …
Acceptance into AYF…Finally!
Getting the official acceptance into the Academic Year in Freiburg program was a slightly surreal moment for me. Suddenly one day I’m sitting at home during winter break and I’m effectively told “next year you’ll …
Spring Break Wrap Up
In the last four weeks I have been to 5 countries, explored 16 cities, slept in 8 beds, flown on 5 planes, taken 3 trains, and ridden on a number of coaches. And although it’s …